The Dinopercidae, known commonly as the cavebasses, are a family of marine ray-finned fish from the order Acanthuriformes. They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa.
Genera There are two genera within the family:
Centrarchops Fowler, 1923 Dinoperca Boulenger, 1895
See also List of fish families
References
Further reading Heemstra, P. C. and T. Hecht. Dinopercidae, a New Family for the Percoid Marine Fish Genera Dinoperca Boulenger and Centrarchops Fowler (Pisces: Perciformes). Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. 1986.